FLAMES ALUMNI LAUNCH TOY DRIVE
Calgary, AB – The Calgary Flames Alumni will be kicking off their fifth annual Toy Drive beginning Saturday, December 9th when the Flames take on the New Jersey Devils at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Alumni, including Lanny McDonald, Joel Otto and Martin Gelinas, will be on hand to greet fans, collect donations, and sign autographs. This year’s Toy Drive is in support of the Calgary Police Youth Foundation, Wood’s Homes and the Women In Need Society.
From the donations, holiday hampers will be created and delivered to families in need by members of the Calgary Flames Alumni and the Calgary Police Service (CPS) on the morning of December 24th. Members of the Alumni will also be making a special stop at Wood’s Homes to deliver gifts to a group of children that will not be able to make it home for the holidays this year. This year in particular the Alumni are looking to collect grocery store gift cards to help families facing food insecurities.
Donations can be dropped off during the following Flames games:
- Saturday, Dec. 9 – Flames vs. Devils – 12:30 PM – End of the second intermission
- Monday, Dec. 18 – Flames vs. Panthers – 5:30 PM – End of the second intermission
The Alumni will be onsite at a variety of locations over the coming weeks to collect donations, thank donors and sign autographs. For more information on the Alumni Toy Drive, including drop off locations and wish list items please visit www.calgaryflamesalumni.com/toydrive.
In collaboration with the Calgary Police Youth Foundation, 25 families were selected by CPS Community Services Section and Youth Services Section. These sections manage child and youth programs designed to understand, prevent, and reduce crime as we recognise community safety is important to all of us.
The Calgary Flames Alumni, founded in 1993, is one of the oldest chapters in professional hockey. They are here to help those in need have raised over $4,000,000 for charities in southern Alberta. Their mandate is to make a quality contribution on a broad scale to Calgary and the community of southern Alberta.
